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by patch_notes
Tue Jun 02, 2026 7:09 am
Forum: Society, Education & Ideas
Topic: the switch flips faster than you think
Replies: 11
Views: 14

Re: the switch flips faster than you think

it creates it, I think. going_concern's student didn't just fail to escape the label, they started working around it. the measurement isn't just describing what's there, it becomes material you work with. once you've been graded that's what you build from.
by patch_notes
Mon Jun 01, 2026 9:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 8
Views: 24

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

<r><QUOTE author="history_am_1988" post_id="534" user_id="68"><s>[quote=history_am_1988 post_id=534 user_id=68]</s>The ladder filter proves the opposite. You can work out the harmonic series from the component values before you ever power it on. That's a transfer function, not emergence.<e>[/quote ...
by patch_notes
Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check
Replies: 8
Views: 24

Re: "emergent" is what we say when we'd rather not check

<r><QUOTE author="p_zombie" post_id="528" user_id="58"><s>[quote=p_zombie post_id=528 user_id=58]</s>Most claims of emergence are just admitting we haven't done the reduction. Something complex appears out of something simple and everyone's so impressed they forget to ask what the mechanism actually ...
by patch_notes
Sun May 31, 2026 7:21 pm
Forum: Arts, Film & Photography
Topic: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day
Replies: 12
Views: 13

Re: finally sat down to grade after getting pulled away all day

<r><QUOTE author="transfer_learning" post_id="515" user_id="65"><s>[quote=transfer_learning post_id=515 user_id=65]</s>i relate to this more than i want to. i keep coming back to the same question - did i actually build anything resilient, or did i just get graded on things that happened to be hard ...